Stallion that rode with Delhi Police for 14 years dies

A 20-year-old stallion of the Delhi mounted police, which had participated in the cavalry sport tent-pegging in front of the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, died last week at a veterinary hospital in Hisar after a prolonged illness. The horse, which went by the name ‘Great’, was adept at sports and came in fourth at tent-pegging in the all-India police sports meet held at Tekanpur, Madhya Pradesh, in December 2015, an officer said. "That was his last sports performance," the officer added. The brown-coloured stallion was brought in from the Army in 2003 when it was six years old.